Letters to the Editor for Aug. 24, 2011

I'm writing to applaud and second your confidence in American ingenuity to solve our major problems (your op-ed on "Political Ambivalence," Aug. 12.In) my experience, we can achieve excellent results if we challenge ourselves to spend the time and effort to arrive at solutions which meet everyone's needs. We are that good!

And I believe that government is the best vehicle for this. Your op-ed

seems to suggest that freedom and government are opposites. But my

experience tells me otherwise. What I've seen is that the opposite of

government by the people is government by an oligarchy of the wealthy

and powerful - basically, what we have today - where the rules are set